Root Can i ROM improve signal?

[rsarno]

I've had stock 2.1, 2.2 OTA, Virtuous 2.7 and Virtuous 3.0 with custom kernal they offer. All have showed ~100dBm and usually 0-1 bars

Now i installed Uncommon Sense 1.0 from the ROM Manager.

Now it shows 6 full bars at all times. I checked in settings and im at about 64-70dBm

In all of my years on Verizon i have never had good signal in this apartment.

Id hate to jinx it by discussing it ... but what gives??

 

[dscribe]

I've had stock 2.1, 2.2 OTA, Virtuous 2.7 and Virtuous 3.0 with custom kernal they offer. All have showed ~100dBm and usually 0-1 bars

Now i installed Uncommon Sense 1.0 from the ROM Manager.

Now it shows 6 full bars at all times. I checked in settings and im at about 64-70dBm

In all of my years on Verizon i have never had good signal in this apartment.

Id hate to jinx it by discussing it ... but what gives??

Sounds fishy to me. I have the same general dBm numbers you say you've had and I installed and ran Uncommon Sense for awhile yesterday and my dBms where just the same as they'd always been. I don't know what is causing what you are seeing but I would not trust it. Let us know what you find out.

 

[rsarno]

Sounds fishy to me. I have the same general dBm numbers you say you've had and I installed and ran Uncommon Sense for awhile yesterday and my dBms where just the same as they'd always been. I don't know what is causing what you are seeing but I would not trust it. Let us know what you find out.

I didnt change a single thing other than the ROM. And its my first time changing a ROM so i dont know if it came with its own Kernal or did it adopt the one from Virtuous?

But yea, very fishy. I have never ever had full signal. I thought the bars were wrong at first so i checked settings like 12 times haha

 

[rsarno]

I think im on to something ...

I have a VZW Signal Booster. Since i have had it, it only "works" when you make or receive a call. When i dial out and hit SEND i hear a little chirp indicating it has connected and i see my bars instantly go to full, until i disconnect my call it drops back down.

Well for whatever reason since i installed this new ROM, it is connected the entire time.

Still not sure if this is good or bad, but i think this is whats happening.

 

[dscribe]

I think im on to something ...

I have a VZW Signal Booster. Since i have had it, it only "works" when you make or receive a call. When i dial out and hit SEND i hear a little chirp indicating it has connected and i see my bars instantly go to full, until i disconnect my call it drops back down.

Well for whatever reason since i installed this new ROM, it is connected the entire time.

Still not sure if this is good or bad, but i think this is whats happening.

Cool! (As long as you aren't being charged for minutes constantly)

 

[rsarno]

Confirmed, this is what is happening. For whatever reason my signal booster is thinking my phone is constantly in use.

Which begs the question; Is it??

Is something different in this ROM that would trick my booster into thinking my phone is in use? If so, wouldn't it effect battery?